Should 'creationism' be taught in school? Page 3

Started by pokejungle March 15th, 2010 2:33 PM
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Should 'creationism' / 'intelligent design' be taught alongside evolution?

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They should teach everything or nothing. That's my take.

By the way, science is still very young. People who call anything "scientific fact" in this day and age will be laughed at down the road. In the grand scheme of what can be known, we haven't so much as removed a single molecule from the surface. The future will prove us barbarians.
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I think that religion and all its beliefs and ideals should stay at church, or private religious institutions. That way, they have a choice to hear what they want or not. In the US, teaching it would be against the first amendment, so it probably won't happen on a large scale. This topic is really highly debated all over the place.
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EVERYONE should believe whatever they they should not teach creationism OR evolution in school. they should get to choose their own path and not be forced into one thing or another. life is whatever you decide it to be, not what someone else decideds for you. being christian myself, i think its a wonderful thing but we should not change the minds of others
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EVERYONE should believe whatever they they should not teach creationism OR evolution in school. they should get to choose their own path and not be forced into one thing or another. life is whatever you decide it to be, not what someone else decideds for you. being christian myself, i think its a wonderful thing but we should not change the minds of others
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No, it should not. Religion is slowly being rendered obsolete by science. Religion was here to explain the unexplainable, and now it serves no purpose since most is explainable, and things that are not will be quickly unraveled. Take spacecraft for an example. Religious people believed heaven was in the sky. They went up.And guess what? It was not there.

I think that religion and all its beliefs and ideals should stay at church, or private religious institutions. That way, they have a choice to hear what they want or not. In the US, teaching it would be against the first amendment, so it probably won't happen on a large scale. This topic is really highly debated all over the place.
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Do I detect a mentality of superiority? Watch what you say...

I happen to know what a scientific theory is. A hypothesis that has been put through testing and has been found consistent with the resultant data. Though, technically, shouldn't a theory go back and be revised or discarded if there is evidence which points to the theory being incorrect?Scientists still find out new things and try to disprove evolution. It wouldn't be science if they didn't try to disprove something. Among other things, has there been one recorded instance of evolution?Right here I thinkHas there been one recorded instance of abiogenesis (which, assuming it's creationism vs. evolution, would be a necessity at some point)?They deal with different things. Abiogenesis deals with the origin of life, and evolution deals with the biodiversity. Has there been one fossil that almost incontrovertibly shows the existence of some link, between any two organisms?Every fossil is considered transitional, but you can look at the various fossils in human evolution. Assuming you subscribe to the evolutionary plateau theory, do you know the odds of something like this actually happening, or how complex and delicate the life systems of any given organism isYeah. About 99% of species on Earth are extinct. We were just lucky and got good genes. Think about these before you answer me, please...
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school should never go into beliefs. if some of us still believe in santa, heck just let them believe i wouldnt want someone to go up to me and say "HAHAHA YOU BELIEVE THERES A GOD YOU ARE RETARDED! HEY EVERYONE! *name* BELIEVES IN GOD HAHAHA" just as much as a atheist wouldnt want someone to go up to them and say "WHAT YOU DONT BELIEVE IN GOD? GOD IS REAL SO SHUT THE * UP! HE EXISTS"
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I personally don't believe anything about creationism, nor do I believe that the Earth is 6000 years old or how old they say it is. How to you explain the Dinosaurs?
See, this is a very common miscunseption, in the beginning of genises it states that the earth was "void of form" not that there was nothing. this leads me to belive that the dinosaurs and the earth were around long before biblical times and the reason the earth was void of form was becus of a catachlismeck event probably the war between god and satan, and that the "comet" that wiped out the dinosaurs was infact satan him self falling to earth.

So if this is true then god created the dinosaurs long before(as in millons of billons of years) genises 1:1.

If evolution if fact then please explain how in the big bang: nothing just an endless completely empty void can randomly become all this.

@ jolene: your post seirously offened me and I'm shure tons of other members.

@ feign: see above. and BTW the so called "christions" in that video were wack jobs and some of the stuff they were doing was down right demonic IMHO.
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See, this is a very common miscunseption, in the beginning of genises it states that the earth was "void of form" not that there was nothing. this leads me to belive that the dinosaurs and the earth were around long before biblical times and the reason the earth was void of form was becus of a catachlismeck event probably the war between god and satan, and that the "comet" that wiped out the dinosaurs was infact satan him self falling to earth.

So if this is true then god created the dinosaurs long before(as in millons of billons of years) genises 1:1.

If evolution if fact then please explain how in the big bang: nothing just an endless completely empty void can randomly become all this.

@ jolene: your post seirously offened me and I'm shure tons of other members.

@ feign: see above. and BTW the so called "christions" in that video were wack jobs and some of the stuff they were doing was down right demonic IMHO.
Did you make an account just to be a troll?
Evolution≠The Big Bang
Evolution≠Abiogenesis
Evolution=Evolution

Hopefully that makes enough sense.
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Did you make an account just to be a troll?
Evolution≠The Big Bang
Evolution≠Abiogenesis
Evolution=Evolution

Hopefully that makes enough sense.
No I am not a troll(not on PC any ways). what made you think that I was?

Ok ok I worded my last post badly but still can you please answer that for me?
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Did you make an account just to be a troll?
Evolution≠The Big Bang
Evolution≠Abiogenesis
Evolution=Evolution

Hopefully that makes enough sense.
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UM LUCK, HELLO?! THAT IS JOHN CONNER! HE HOLDS THE SURVIVAL OF MANKIND IN HIS HANDS!
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I would be fine with that if they kept evolution out of class. If you are going to teach something, show both sides of the story.
It's a common misconception that there are "two sides" to the evolution debate. There are people who believe in neither evolution nor Christian creationism. It is also a mistake to think that because you have an opposing view that you are somehow on the same level as the view you oppose. Evolution has tons of evidence behind it. Creationism has a fan club. No one would take you seriously if you wanted the creation story of the Flying Spaghetti Monster taught in school because it doesn't carry any weight. You just haven't realized that's what you're arguing for.

They should teach everything or nothing. That's my take.

By the way, science is still very young. People who call anything "scientific fact" in this day and age will be laughed at down the road. In the grand scheme of what can be known, we haven't so much as removed a single molecule from the surface. The future will prove us barbarians.
No one laughs at Socrates and other proto-scientists because they made mistakes and thought they were right. They're regarded as rather intelligent because of the methods they used and the conclusions they reached despite their limited knowledge of the universe.

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See, this is a very common miscunseption, in the beginning of genises it states that the earth was "void of form" not that there was nothing. this leads me to belive that the dinosaurs and the earth were around long before biblical times and the reason the earth was void of form was becus of a catachlismeck event probably the war between god and satan, and that the "comet" that wiped out the dinosaurs was infact satan him self falling to earth.

So if this is true then god created the dinosaurs long before(as in millons of billons of years) genises 1:1.

If evolution if fact then please explain how in the big bang: nothing just an endless completely empty void can randomly become all this.

@ jolene: your post seirously offened me and I'm shure tons of other members.

@ feign: see above. and BTW the so called "christions" in that video were wack jobs and some of the stuff they were doing was down right demonic IMHO.
Why should there be those Christians who only believe in parts of the bible, instead of the most literal sense. For that matter, why are there different Christian sects?

Having your own theory like that doesn't help to explain evolutionism/creationism, it only serves to further your own views.

The proper way Christians have been discounting evolutionism is by saying that God is testing his people so as to see if they would stray from the path of enlightenment... Or w/e.

The funny thing is Science started off as Natural Philosophy... Something much more innocent, and had God more in mind as well.

However to that end... Why is it that crationists have to believe in the existence in creationism (as per the bible). Could they not accept the fact that some things are just not right in it. Or for that matter, would their faith be any more deminished, if that cow they were eating came into fruition as opposed to being evolved?

In the end, what difference does it make? I'm by no means advocating that creationism is just as correct as evolutionism. I am trying to show the absurdity of the argument as a whole. And would point out Occam's Razor in this case.

That is to say, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one: thus evolutionism makes the most sense.
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I like this method of responding. Stylistic plagiarism time!

Scientists still find out new things and try to disprove evolution. It wouldn't be science if they didn't try to disprove something. You're right about that. Unchallenged science isn't science at all. I would like to see some studies like this, but honestly I don't know what to look for. Care to pass a couple of links along?

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They deal with different things. Abiogenesis deals with the origin of life, and evolution deals with the biodiversity. You're absolutely correct here. I should have phrased this differently, but if you lump in no-macroevolution ideas with creationism and origins-by-chance with evolution, which many people do, you get the spirit of what I was trying ( and, admittedly failing) to communicate.

Every fossil is considered transitional, but you can look at the various fossils in human evolution. All fossils in this category I have seen are either very much human, very much not, or relatively easily disproven.

Yeah. About 99% of species on Earth are extinct. We were just lucky and got good genes. "It seems to require many thousands, perhaps millions, of successive mutations to produce even the easiest complexity we see in life now. It appears, naively at least, that no matter how large the probability of a single mutation is, should it be even as great as one-half, you would get this probability raised to a millionth power, which is so very close to zero that the chances of such a chain seem to be practically non-existent." -Mathematical Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Interpretation of Evolution

Unrelated- but inspired by- to Luck's responses, and from a more mathematical point of view, it's hard to understand where evolution makes sense. I think that evolution should be taught in schools- At the very least, it offers a non-creation alternative for those who desire it, but I also think showing the flaws that exist would be a definite improvement. Now flame away, 'cause I'm going to bed.

EDIT: geez, I took a long time to write that. One last thing-

However to that end... Why is it that creationists have to believe in the existence in creationism (as per the bible). Could they not accept the fact that some things are just not right in it. Or for that matter, would their faith be any more deminished, if that cow they were eating came into fruition as opposed to being evolved?- Feign Biblical compromise would nullify the entire thing. You keep assuming that the Bible is fiction without checking the evidence for it's reality or it's content, and as such you say things like this as if they were no big deal. Infallibility is a facet of God's nature, and the Bible is stated to be inspired by Him. If a part of it were untrue (I have seen NO data that outright disproves anything the Bible says is true), that would mean that God is untrustworthy, and that the entire Bible is null and void. That's why it's such a big deal. G'night again.
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It always saddens me to see fellow atheists being so intolerant of religion. I don't know why so many people have this obsession with making sure that everyone sees things exactly as they do.

I don't think creationism should be taught in schools because, to me, that implies indoctrination. However, I have no problems with teaching religion in general; it's a huge part of human history, it's integral to our culture, and it's extremely important in order to understand why society is the way it is. Exploring what sort of things people of a given religion believe helps us to gain a better understanding of why they act in certain ways and how society changed into what it is today.
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NarutoActor, if you're expecting to find fossils of ancient bacteria and jellyfish, you're outta luck. It's nearly impossible to fossilize soft-bodied organism. And even the best scientist knows gaps will exist in the fossil record, caused by erosion, volcanic eruptions, or even a particular organism that just didn't fossilize.

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I just kinda skimmed through this thread, so correct me if this has been addressed, but why do people still consider being a evolutionist and being a Christian mutually exclusive to each other? I'm an evolutionist and a Christian and I don't feel like I'm betraying either of those identities by being the other as well. The bible was never meant to be taken literally, and almost all of the Book of Genesis is nothing more than a collection of Hebrew mythology with no basis in history.

I still believe creationism should be taught in schools...in a literature class. In terms of literary merit, the Judeo-Christian creation story is just as interesting as the stories of Greco-Roman mythology or Native American legend. Anyone who tries to pass Creationism off as true science is just lying to themselves. >_<